Background: Understanding the phylogenetic relationships among major lineages of multicellular animals (the Metazoa) is a prerequisite for studying the evolution of complex traits such as nervous syst
The mitochondrial genome of the placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens was sequenced by Yale University, using an isolate from the Grell Rea Sea. Trichoplax adhaerens has the largest known metazoan mitochondr
